Search Results - "Root

Texas roots agriculture and rural life before the Civil War / by Jones, C. Allan

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The Texas Left the radical roots of Lone Star liberalism /

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House of hits the story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios / by Bradley, Andy, 1951-

“…Brad and Michele Moore roots music series.…”
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Features and Fillers : Texas Journalists on Texas Folklore /

Table of Contents: “…The New Year Hasn't Always Started January 1; Valentine's Day: How It All Began; and Columbus Day Roots Are in This Century /…”
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Kindler of souls Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas / by Cohen, Henry, 1927-

Table of Contents: “…From Torah to Tennyson -- Being Jewish in Jamaica -- Little Jerusalem -- Planting roots -- The storm and its impact -- From health to horror -- "Through the gateway of Galveston" -- "Dear graduates" : on being a rabbi -- From the Kaiser to the Klan -- Prison reform : the rabbi and the convict -- Family matters and memory : 1930-1950 -- The rabbi and his times -- Appendix : selected poems by Rabbi Henry Cohen.…”
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The history of Texas music by Hartman, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Understanding the music of Texas and the American Southwest -- Texas music begins : Native American musical traditions of the Southwest -- Música tejana : Mexican American music in the Southwest -- See that my grave is kept clean : the African roots of Texas music -- From polkas to pirogues : the German, Jewish, Czech, Polish, and French influence on Texas -- Deep within my heart lies a melody : Anglo American music in Texas -- Groover's paradise : Texas rock & roll.…”
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Jazz mavericks of the Lone Star State by Oliphant, Dave

Table of Contents: “…Tuning up with a few introductory notes -- Jazz mavericks of the Lone Star State -- The roots of Texan jazz -- From bebop to hard bop and beyond : the Texas jazz connections -- Texas bebop messengers to the world : Kenny Dorham and Leo Wright -- British acolytes of jazz and its Texas contingent -- The Wisconsin-Texas jazz nexus -- Jazz in literature -- The alchemy of jazz -- Ornette Coleman's harmolodic life -- A jazz master's diamond jubilee -- A Texas take on Ken Burns's Jazz -- Swinging through Texas on a Scottish air -- The birth of western swing -- The inventor of jazz revisited : untangling the legacy of Jelly Roll Morton and Alan Lomax -- Discographies and Texan jazz -- San Marcos in jazz history.…”
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War along the border the Mexican Revolution and Tejano communities /

Table of Contents: “…Treviño -- Sleuthing immigrant origins: Felix Tijerina and his Mexican revolution roots / Thomas H. Kreneck -- "The population is overwhelmingly Mexican; most of it is in sympathy with the revolution …”
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